The Insight Journal

Published since 1989, Insight Journal offers Dharma articles of lasting interest, including original writing, illuminating interviews, transcripts, excerpts, and sutta study. The Journal provides critical and exegetical reflections on Buddhist traditions and practices, grounded in a broad comparative perspective. 

Explore and experience the profound insights of Buddhist inquiry with this freely offered resource and online archive.

Fall 2025

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Editor’s Introduction

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Emptiness Requires Contextualization: On Rob Burbea’s ‘Seeing That Frees’

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‘Seeing That Frees’ in Context: A Response to Bhikkhu Anālayo

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Emptiness Requires Contextualization (2): Clinging and Liberation

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Sharing a Vision of Practice

Bowing to Life Deeply

Faith: Its Role and Meaning in a Buddhist Wisdom Tradition

Buddhist Psychology: Classical Texts in Contemporary Perspective

A Tree Called Steadfast (Anguttara Nikaya 6.5.54)

Speech as Skillful Means

No Greater Contentment: The Poem of Bhuta (Theragāthā 522-526)

Māra Meets His Match (Samyutta Nikāya 1.5.2)

Stepping Out of the Palace

Investigation: Listening as Deeply as We Possibly Can

The Tathāgata Is “Truly Gone”

Vipassana in Snow White: A Fairy Tale Jataka Story